Trousers creaser and former



0. PICKELSIMER.

TROUSERS CREASER AND FORMER.

APPLICANON FILED APR. 6, 192]. 1,406,891 Patented Feb. 14, 1922.

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O. PICKELSIMER. TROUSERS CREASER AND FORMER.

APPLICATION FILED APR,6, 1921.

1,406,891, Patented Feb. 14, 1922.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OTUS PICKELSIMER, F GREENVILLE, SQUTH CAROLINA.

TROUSERS GREASER AND FORMER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ()TUs PICKELSIMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Greenville, in the county of Greenville and State of South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trousers Creasers and Formers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to, make and use the same.

The present invention relates to improvements in ironing machines and it consists in certain improvements over my prior Patent No. 1,354,438, granted September 28, 1920.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved ironer and molder for overalls, trousers and the like in which a desired pressure will at all times be exerted to the end that an effective and permanent crease ma be imparted to the garment. Another object of the invention resides in providing for the removal of any back pressure in the machine which tends to decrease its effectiveness.

A still further object of the invention resides in providing a. machine having an automatically expansible head which may be 90 contracted in the act of placing the garment 'over the casting but which is subsequently automatically distended to hold the creasing wires taut and in a proper position to impart the crease to the garment.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention will be more fully described hereinafter and will be more .particularlypointed out in the claims appended hereto. I I I In the drawings, wherein like symbols refer to like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, I Fig. 1 is a view in sideelevation of an improved ironing machine constructed accord- 16 ing to the present. invention;

Fig. 2 is an end view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the device;

Fig. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical sectional view through the head portion of the machine in an expanded condition;

.Fig. 6 is a similar view with the parts contracted;

Fig. 7 is an enlarged top plan View of the head; and

Fig. 8 is a side view of a detail.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb, 14, 1922, Application filed April 6, 1921. Serial No. 459,020.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 and 2 designate the legs which support the stand or platform 3 to which the basal flange 4 of the hollowcasting 5 is secured as by a bolt 6 or other suitable fastening means. As in my prior patent, steam is employed to enter through the lower open base of the casting 5 and after circulating therethrough to be exhausted, but I prefer to remove the partition which divided the casting 5 in accordance with the construction of the prior patent aforesaid and to 'lead the steam induction pipe 7 upwardly through the hollow casting 5 to a point near the top thereof at one side, where the steam is liberated. As the steam cools and condenses, the water of condensation will flow down the side walls of the casting 5 and may seek an exit through the drain pipe 8.

' I provide an air outlet pipe 9 which also traverses the major portion of the height of the casting 5, having its upper end at the side of the casting opposite to that of the steam induction pipe 7. The purpose of this pipe 9 is to allow of the escape of the trapped air to the end that any back pressure will be relieved and allow the steam to act effectively in bringing the casting up to a suit-ably high heat.

In accordance with the present improvement two crease wires 10 and 11 are employed, the lower ends of which project through theplatform 3 where they are provided with winged nuts. 12 and 13v and with coil springs 14 and 15 disposed between the nuts and the under side of the platform.

The function of the coil springs is to constantly keep the creasing wires 10 and 11 in a taut condition and under a suitable resilient tension. The upper ends of these wires are bent upon themselves and downwardly to provide extremities 16 and '17 which fit within the openings 18 and 19 made therefor in a pair of cooperating expansible head plates 20 and 21 which are disposed crosswise in the transversely slotted head 22 of the casting 5. The head is provided with rollers 23 and 24 near the lower sides of the cut out portion 25 in order to limit the extent of the inward and outward movement; and in a similar way like stops 29 and 30 areprovided on the com movement on a pin 34 projecting outwardly from the cut away part 31 of the plate 20. In a similar way a pin 35 rojects out from a cut away part 36 on t e plate 21 and occupies a horizontally elongated slot 37 1n the tongue 38 of the plate 20. The plates thus overlap and slide on each other.

Beneath the tongues and carried by the stops 27 and 29 are studs 39 and 40 projecting toward one another and receiving a sleeve 41 about which is coiled a sprlng 42 tendin to kee the plates apart or in the expan ed condition shown. in Fig. 5. The

head is suitably recessed as indicated at 43 in Fig. 7 to accommodate this spring andfj sleeve. -Furthermore the side edges of the plates 20 and 21 are formed withgrooves 44 and 45 for the upper ends of the creasing wires 10 and 11.

n use, the device is normally 1n the coni dition shown in Figs. 1 and 5 with the head plates expanded. Steam is let. in through the induction pipe 7 under suitable control and the castin 5 brought up to a suitable temperature. ore or'less air may be allowed to escape through the pipe 9 and water of condensation through the drain 8, these various pipes 'beingcontrolled inaccordance with varying conditions.

.The garment sleeve or leg to be. pressed is then drawn over the head, and as a consequence the "plates 20'and 21 will be automatically moved together for instanc'eto the contracted position shown in Fig. 6. In so doing the coil spring 14 and 15. will con tract to allow of this movementof the plates,

at the same time keeping' the .wireslO and able length of time it is removed and willbe found to have a very efiective and permanent crease therein. I

The headlates 20' andf21-may readily be lifted out ;o the'slotted head at anytime,

the wires 10 and 11 being'of course first;

removed by unscrewing the nuts 12 and 13,

' and the heads'may be adjusted,'rep'aired or replaced. The device provides for the pressing ofgarments of. varying sizes and throughouta large range of widths.

It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be madegin the details of constructioniand design .of the above si es of the form, an expanslble head at the top of the form connected to said creasing means, a. resilient anchoring means at the base of said creasing means, substantially as described. y I

3. A device of the kind described comprising a form, means to controllably heat the form, creasing means at the sides andindependent' of the form, and an expansible head connected to said creasing means,'sub- 'stantially asdescribed.

4. A device of the land described comprising a hollow imperforate form, heating means adapted to introduce a heating medium into the upper end of said hollow form, means. for allowing of the escape of air from the upper and closed portion of the form, and adjustable creasing means at the sides of the form, substantial as described.

5. A device of thekind described comprising a form having a slotted head, a pair of companion plates having overlapping parts slidable upon one another and adapted to project be ond the sides of the frame, means to yieldab y hold the plates in an extended position, and creasing means attached to the plates and lpassing down outside of the form,

substantia as described.

6. A arment former and creaser comprising a orm having a transversely slotted head, rollers in the slotted head, a pair of companion plates slidably on said rollers and having stop means to engage the rollers,

overlapping parts on the plates, and means to normally old theplates apart, substantially as described. I

7. A arment former and creaser compris-.

ing a orm having a transversely slotted head, rollers therein, plates having cut away parts lying upon said follers and provided with stop portions at opposite sides of the cut away parts, said plates having further cut away ,p'ortions, tongues on the platesoverlappingkand sliding in the last ment1onedcut'faway portions, pins on the cut away portions, said tongues having slots slidably. receiving the pins, and resilient 'means between the plates for normally keeping the same separated, substantially as described.

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